Himbauan Kepada Para Pengendara Motor (Bag 2 - Habis)

(sambungan dari posting sebelumnya)

Oleh karena itu, please deh, tolong hilangkan kebiasaan2 buruk sebagai berikut :

1. Nggak menyalakan lampu di malam hari

Kalau lampu anda mati, tolonglah diganti dulu. Kalau nggak punya uang buat beli lampu, ya jangan dipakai dulu motornya. Bukan apa2, tapi kalau anda nekad naik motor nggak pake lampu, itu artinya anda berpotensi nyusahin orang lain

2. Selonong boy di tikungan

Tolong dong ngerem dulu sebelum masuk persimpangan jalan, lihat kiri-kanan, kalau aman baru deh belok

3. Nyelonong di lampu merah

Sabar dikit dong, semua orang juga buru2

4. Nggak mau berhenti di belakang garis lampu merah

Maunya melipir-melipir ke depan, terus nyelonong deh

5. Melawan arus lalin

6. Nyelonong di antara mobil2 tanpa mau memperhatikan keadaan lalu lintas

7. Nggak mau ngerem, bawaannya nyelonong terus

Sebenarnya saya prihatin kalau melihat kebiasaan2 buruk ini, rasanya rendah banget mental disiplin bangsa kita, nggak heran kalo negara2 tetangga kita sekarang jauh lebih maju. Bagaimanapun juga disiplin lalu lintas mencerminkan akhlak pengendaranya. 

Himbauan kepada Para Pengendara Motor (Bag 1)

Dalam bulan ini sudah dua kali saya melihat terjadinya kecelakaan lalin yang melibatkan pengendara sepeda motor, untungnya kecelakaan tersebut tergolong "ringan".

Dua kejadian tersebut saya lihat utuh dari awal sampai terjadinya tabrakan dan saya bisa melihat secara objektif bahwa penyebab utamanya ialah kebiasaan buruk para pengendara motor.

Contohnya kejadian tadi sore di jalan RS Fatmawati, lalin menuju perempatan RS Fatmawati dari arah Pondok Labu merayap cukup padat, lalu dari gang kecil sebelah kiri jalan ada sepeda motor, sebut saja sepeda motor 1, yang hendak berbelok ke kanan menuju Pondok Labu, semua mobil sudah berhenti untuk memberi jalan namun ada sepeda motor lain, sebut saja sepeda motor 2, yang berada di jalur kanan jalan dengan kebiasaannya tetap saja nyelonong maju. Lalu karena berada di lajur kanan, sepeda motor 2 tentu saja tidak bisa melihat bahwa mobil2 itu telah berhenti karena ada sepeda motor 1 yang hendak memotong jalan berbelok ke kanan. Akibatnya sisi kiri sepeda motor 2 tersenggol sedikit oleh roda sepeda motor 1 dan jatuh ke jalan.

Sudah bisa ditebak siapa yang marah duluan, tentu saja pengendara sepeda motor 2, walaupun sudah jelas dia yang bersalah. Untung saja, yang menyenggol ialah sesama sepeda motor sehingga masih ada rasa bike brotherhood, coba saja yang menyenggol itu pengendara mobil, sudah pasti yang naik mobil yang salah.. 8-)

Sebenarnya, saya tidak mengatakan bahwa pengendara mobil itu selalu lebih tertib dari pada pengendara motor, namun saya cuma ingin menghimbau kepada seluruh pengendara motor agar segera menghilangkan kebiasaan2 buruk mereka demi keselamatan kita semua, baik jasmani, rohani dan finansial.

(bersambung)

Iga Panggang Panglima

If you like Beef BBQ Ribs, but dont want to empty your wallet on places like Tony Roma's, Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood, then Iga Panggang Panglima (IPP) may be your alternative. It's located on Gandaria Tengah street, South of Jakarta, just accros the Gandaria apartment near the corner of the intersection with Gandaria street (see the blue dot on the map).

It's not exactly a place to have a fancy dinner (well there is nothing fancy about eating ribs anyway) , it's an open air warung style eating place with plastic stools and table, far from any nice cafe or restaurant, but it's much better than any sidewalk stalls.

There is only two meal menu here, BBQ ribs and BBQ sausage. One portion of BBQ ribs (500g) will cost you Rp 50K with 3 different sauce, original, black pepper and lemon hot. You can add the side dish, fried potato or corn for extra Rp 5K. The portion is quite generous, the meat is tender and taste yummy. Please note that the recipe is american style not the konro (Makasar) style which usually with peanut sauce.

Monkeys and Baboons on the Road

Dear Friends,

Please be aware that Ragunan Zoo's officer has recently announced that two of their animal collections have escaped from their cage. They are the monkeys and the baboons. The official said that these primates disguised themselves in a human-like mask, stole the zoo visitor's car and drove out of town using the tollway.

Even though there are very rare reports on monkey or baboon attack to human, nonetheless since they don't have enough brain and skill to drive a car, what they do is potentially dangerous to other human driving on the road, therefore we, the human, should not be near these primate on the road.

Fortunately, the zoo officials have released the identity and the characteristic of these primate so we can avoid them on the tollway.

Monkeys : They usually drives in a relatively hi-speed on the shoulder lane (which is reserved for emergency stops) and usually overtake humans from the left. Their tiny brain cannot understand why human drives on the other lanes while this shoulder lane is kept empty.

Baboons : They somehow have the opposite characteristic of a monkey. A baboon drives very slowly, but on the rightmost lane. I think the baboon thinks since the monkey drive very fast on the leftmost lane (we drive like in the UK) hence he should drive slow on the rightmost lane. A typical baboon stole a intercity bus (AKAP) or an old truck and drives very slow on the right without realising (well, if the baboon knows, he does not care either) that he blocks the traffic for more than 1km behind him.

I met a lot of monkeys and baboon on the Cipularang toll road on the way to Bandung this weekend. One of them, a she-monkey, stole a silver toyota vios, B plate. I was on KM 121 and the traffic was bad due to an accident on KM 125 ahead. While all humans que on the correct lane, this she i-think-i'm-cool monkey ignorantly drove on the shoulder lane thinking all humans are stupid for queuing. Then, when she saw that the shoulder lane ahead of her was blocked, she relax-ly made a quick turn into the right lane, cutting my path.

I honked the horn (well, how else do you communicate to a monkey?), but guess who was angrier? this she-monkey gave an angry look at me as if she was the queen of the road and everybody should always give way to her.

Oh I wish a can call the zoo keeper...

Stay on Your Lane Please....

Another quick note...

It upsets me if people (when they are driving a car) change lane while making a turn on an intersection or at a round about. For example, somebody makes turn from the outer lane but while turning, this guy also switch to inner lane cutting every body in the inner lane. First of all, hello, we are not in F1 track, so don't practice your racing line* on public streets. Secondly, those lane markers are made for a purpose, ie to avoid collision. Thirdly, guys, nobody likes being cut in the street, so drive responsibly.

*the shortest distance to go through a track

Just for illustration, below are the right way to negotiate a turn at a round about, please also note when and how we should indicate the turn signal correctly, courtesy of NZ transport agency :

Don't Turn On Your Hazard Signal Please....

Guys,

Just a quick note. Whenever we are driving a car and we want to go straight at an road intersection with no traffic light, please do not turn on the hazard signal as our "sign" to go straight. We will just confuse other people coming from the right and the left of the intersection. They will not be able to see that we are actually turn on the hazard signal. What they can see is just a turn signal going to their direction, but in reality we are going to go straight.

If we are unlucky, this may cause an accident. So please don't use it...

Junior High School : Need Your Feedback

Guys,

My daughter is in 6th Grade at the moment and next term (July 2009) she will go to a Junior High. Since we have been living outside Jakarta in the past 4 years, my wife and I are not updated with the latest school performance and development here. Therefore we have limited of information to choose the best (Junior High) school for her.

In relation to this, I'm inviting all of you to post a comment which Junior High school that you will choose for your kids, with the following conditions :

1. Located and officially listed in South of Jakarta
2. State or Private school
3. Islamic or General school

Your feedback will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.